Shoe-heel.



G. F. MATZNER.

SHOE HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAE. 6, 1913.

1 @885554, v I Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVE 1E. MATZNER, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

SHOE-HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

Application filed March 6, 1913. Serial No. 752,518.

has as its object to provide a lift for shoe heels which may be readily and quickly attached and detached so that it may be readily replaced by the wearer of the shoe.

Another object of the invention is to provide a lift for shoe heels and an attaching means therefor, which means is so constructed as to permit of the attachment and detachment of the lift to and from the heel Without the use of tools of any kind. v

Further the invention aims to provide a heel lift which may be readily reversed by the wearer of the shoe should it become worn upon one side to a greater degree than upon the other side.

It is a well known fact that most persons will wear one side of the shoe heel to a greater degree-than the other sideand the ordinary heel lifts are not so constructed as to permit of their reversal to secure additional wear, and it is for this reason that the lift of the present invention is designed to be attached in such manner as to permit of its ready reversal.

The ordinary detachable heel lift must be manufactured in a number of different sizes to fit different heels, but the lift of the present invention is constructed in such manner that it may be provided in the form of a strip and portions of the strip of the proper length may be cut therefrom and applied to the attaching means which is carried by the bottom lift of the shoe heel proper. In this manner a dealer in the lifts of the present invention may carry large stock with only a. small outlay of money.

For a full understanding oft-he invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a perspective view illustrating the heel embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the shoe heel properly illustrating the attaching means for the lift. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the lift detached. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view in detail illustratmg the manner in which the lift is assembled with the attaching means.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawing by the same reference characters.

In the drawing the numeral 1 indicates an ordinary shoe heel to which the lift, constructed in accordance with this invention, is to be applied.

As has before been stated, the lift is cut from a strip of material and it is attached to the shoe heel 1 by fitting it to an attaching flange secured to the under side of the bottom lift of the said heel. This flange is preferably formed from a sheet metal blank in the nature of a relatively wide strip which at the opposite side of its longitudinal median lme is folded as at 2 and its folded portions are folded as at 3 along lines substantially coincident with the said longitudinal median line of the strip and beyond the fold 3 and for a short distance extended in contact side by side so as to form a shank 4. Beyond the shank t the portions of the strip are bent as at 5 so as to form attaching portions 6 which extend in opposite directions and at right angles to the plane occupied by the said shank portion 4. The flange thus formed may be said to consist of an attaching portion, a shank portion, and a head, and the folded portions forming the head are, near the edges of the head, folded or bent as at 7 so as to form ribs 8 which extend at the inner and outer edges of the head and project toward the attaching portions 6. The flange is finally bent to arcuate form as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing and is attached by means of screws or other fastening devices 9 to the under side of the lower lift of the heel 1. The attaching flange may also be said to be T-shaped in cross-section. The lift is out from a strip which of course is of the same cross-sectional contour throughout. The lift is indicated by the numeral 10 and is rectangular in cross-section and formed in one side with a channel 11 which is increased in width at its bottom as at 12 so as to receive the shank and head and the ribs 2 of the attaching flange. In other Words the channel 11 is at every point in the length of the strip of such shape as to receive and fit the attaching flange. It-

will now be apparent that after having attached the flange to the bottom lift of the shoe heel the strip from which the lift is to be cut is fitted onto the flange until one end registers with one end of the flange and the strip is then severed at a point co-inc'ident with the other end of the flange, leaving the detached length supported by the flange. If desired, cement may be applied in the channel of the strip, but if the strip is properly formed and snugly fits the attaching flange, there is no real need of the use of the cement.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that the lift embodying the present invention may be readily and cheaply manufactured and may be quickly applied by any one to the attaching flange after the flange has been secured to the shoe heel proper. It will also be understood that should one side of the lift become worn to a greater degree than the other side, which is extremely likely to occur, the lift may be detached from the flange, reversed and again fitted to the flange. It will further be understood by reference to Fig. 4 that by providing the ribs upon the head of the supporting flange, the strip at opposite sides of the channel therein is prevented from spreading, so that it cannot become accidentally disengaged from the said flange.

It may be well to mention the fact that in the claims appended hereto, the term flange will be employed to designate the shank 4, the head 7 and the ribs 8 as an entirety, or, in other Words, as a unitary element. The terms shank, head, and co-extensive ribs will be employed as hereinbefore.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is 1. In a shoe heel, an arcuate supporting flange, and a channeled lift strip supported thereby and completely receiving the flange in its said channel.

2. In a shoe heel, an arcuate supporting flange, and a channeled strip supported thereby and completely receiving the flange in its said channel, the strip being slidably removable from the flange.

8. In a shoe heel, an arcuate supporting shank having a co-extensive head, and a strip supported by the flange and having a channel completely receiving the shank and the said head.

4. In a shoe heel, an arcuate supporting member including an attaching portion, a shank, and a head co-extensive therewith, and a strip supported by the member and having a channel arranged to receive the shank and head.

5. In a shoe heel, an arcuate supporting member including an attaching portion, a shank portion, and a head co-extensive therewith and provided with a co-extensive rib, and a strip supported by the member and having a channel formed to receive the shank, head, and rib of the supporting member.

6. In a shoe heel, an arcuate member including an attaching portion and a shank portion projecting from the face of the attaching portion and coextensive therewith, the said shank portion being provided with a transverse head having ribs coextensive therewith and projecting toward the attaching portion and spaced from the shank portion, and a strip removably fitted upon the supporting member and having a channel of a form to receive the shank portion, the head, and the ribs of the supporting member.

7. In a shoe heel, an arcuate supporting member including a base portion, a shank portion projecting from the face of the base portion, a transverse head formed on the shank portion, ribs co-extensive with the head member and projecting downwardly therefrom toward the base portion and extending in parallel spaced relation to the shank portion, and a stripremovably mounted on the base portion and having a channel arganged to receive the shank, head and n s.

8. In a shoe heel, anarcuate base member, an arcuate upstanding shank formed thereon, a transverse head formed on the shank, downwardly extending ribs formed on the arcuate edges of the head, and a strip removably mounted on the base member and having a channel arranged to receive the said shank, head and ribs.

9. In a shoe heel, an arcuate base member adapted for attachment to the heel of a shoe, and an arcuate upstanding flange formed on the base member, said flange being substantially T-shaped in cross section, and an arcuate strip removably mounted on the base member and having a channel arranged to slidably receive the said flange member.

10. In a shoe heel, a base portion, an arcuate supporting flange formed therewith and including a shank portion, a head co-extensive therewith, and ribs co-extensive with the head, and a lift strip having an arcuate channel arranged to receive the shank, head and ribs.

11. In a shoe heel, an arcuate base portion, a T-shaped supporting flange formed therewith, and an arcuate lift strip having a channel arranged to receive the T-shaped flange.

12. In a shoe heel, an arcuate base portion, an arcuate flange formed therewith and extending upwardly therefrom, said flange including a shank portion, a transverse head, co-extensive ribs formed on the edges of the head and extending downwardly therefrom toward the base portion, and an arcuate lift strip having a channel arranged to receive the shank, head and ribs.

13. In a shoe heel. an arcuate base portion, an arcuate flange formed therewith and extending upwardly therefrom, said flange including a shank portion, a transverse head (so-extensive therewith, co-extensive ribs formed on the-edges of the head and extending downwardly therefrom toward the base portion and in parallel spaced relation to each other, and an arcuate lift strip having a channel arranged to receive the shank, head, and ribs. 7 10 In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAVE F. MATZNER. Witnesses:

ARTHUR H. ANDERSON, F. A. HERBST. 

